Talented music technology students from Coleg Llandrillo, were amazed to discover their album Pink Noise had 'outsold' Ed Sheeran and George Ezra’s new albums - for 36 hours at least.

To add to this remarkable achievement, one of the singles from the album, by 16-year-old Louis Peters from Denbigh, independently charted at 71 in the singer/songwriter singles chart.

The album is a compilation of original music, which was both created and produced by the BTEC music technology students using the college's state-of-the-art recording and mixing studios at the Rhos-on-Sea campus.

One of the musicians, and a key organiser, 18-year-old Jacob Jones from Rhyl - who is also the student union president for Coleg Llandrillo - said: "We are so proud of the album we have produced and have all worked so hard on it, and the college has been really supportive."

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He added: "We peaked at number eight in the iTunes streaming chart, which is absolutely mental!

"For 36 hours we were outselling Ed Sheeran and George Ezra which isn't bad for a college album."

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"I think our marketing campaign was pretty good. We launched the album at Venue Cymru, and I gave the comedian Rhod Gilbert a copy, he was performing on the night but I haven't heard anything from him yet."

BTEC music students from Coleg Llandrllo have released an album called Pink Noise, which for a while was outselling Ed Sheeran and George Ezra. (Image: Daily Post Wales)

Jacob added: "We'd like to thank James Taylor who is our amazing tutor and Suzanne Kipps, our learning support tutor who listened to the demos, and would critique them and give us useful advice.

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"I'm off to study management of theatre and live events at Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts next year, but I've been told that as the students have had this taste of success, that another album will be coming out next year and it will be even better."